I worked on her father's farm Long hours of labour in the hills Sharp of mind and strong of arm He blessed the day he found me Saw me as another son Raised me as his own until His daughter's love I finally won And he cursed the light around me And he said dart, cruel river dart Every year you claim a heart You've taken hers You've broken mine You cruel, cruel river Hey hey hey Arm in arm out on the ridge We lay together in the sun Beneath the tor and beyond the bridge In her arms they caught me One brother kept my love at bay Two brothers held me firm and strong And he fell upon me in such a rage And the bitter lesson there he taught me And he cried dart Cruel river dart Every year you claim a heart You've taken hers You've broken mine You cruel, cruel river Instrumental Then begging them to leave me be She broke away and stood alone Just where those rocks bent down the trees Above the roaring waters Swift and sharp A summer storm had raged this river into flood And its there he reached to take her arm And its there he lost his daughter And he cried dart Cruel river dart Every year tou cliam a heatt You've taken hers You've broken mine You cruel, cruel river And I cried dart Cruel river dart Every year you claim a heart You've taken hers You've broken mine You cruel, cruel river You cruel, cruel river You're a cruel, cruel river. End